This changed long time ago in commit 8d7e6fb0a1db9 ("cgroup: update cgroup name handling"). Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h index 17960a1e858db..561a9022ec100 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h @@ -619,9 +619,8 @@ struct cgroup_root { */ struct cftype { /* - * By convention, the name should begin with the name of the - * subsystem, followed by a period. Zero length string indicates - * end of cftype array. + * name of the subsystem is prepended in cgroup_file_name(). + * Zero length string indicates end of cftype array. */ char name[MAX_CFTYPE_NAME]; unsigned long private; -- 2.48.1